500G (84X48X30)- NOW REAL !

[TropTrea]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11185041#post11185041 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Sanjay
Dennis:

I have to say that even I was surprised with the growth especially when I compared it to this picture from Jan 07.

I don't know what else is there as far as secrets go. I keep things stable, attach the corals and don't move them around, use a reactor for Ca and Alk, and use Randy's 2 part to give it a boost of Ca, Mg, and Alk when needed. No other additives.

I feed the fish a wide varietty of food, spectrum pellets, pacifica mysis, hikari mysis, cyclopeeze. Nothing in particular for the corals, they trap whatever they can.

So really I don't have any secrets to share. If I did I could bottle them and sell them... may be I just have a "coral thumb".

sanjay.

Lets see here... Probably a Kalk reactor rather than a calcium reactor if it adds both the Ca and Alk? Then additional suplements Ca, Alk, and Mg.

That could be part of it for me as I'm just adding TurboCa now on a weekly bases. Alkilinity is still holding for me without any addition. Was planning on a Kalk reactor in the long run but now chem levels do not seem to merit it yet. Probably whjen my corals get bigger they will start depleting the system faster.

Now as far as the different brands of mysis is this on purpose? or simply which is on sale at the time?

Now for an off topic question for the expert in the field. Which do you prefer as far as hermiot crabs the blue leg or scarlets. And how many roughly for a 120 gallon tank (2' X 4' X 2")

Thanks
Dennis

 

[fishdoc11]

Very nice growth Sanjay....I believe you do indeed have a blue thumb!

FWIW I lived with AEFW's for about a year managing with a powerhead and a Christmas wrasse (Halichoeres sp.). The tank did ok. Here is a picture of the tank after several months of management. It did pretty well but what I noticed over time was that the flatworms had their favorite corals and those in particular suffered quite a bit even with frequent dips and blowing off the worms every couple of weeks. I also noticed overall Ill health creeping in on several colonies with a general dull color and poor polyp extension.....even without obvious signs of infestation.
My poor results could have been due to my schedule with Vet school and the fact I was only able to blow off corals every 2 or 3 weeks and not every week. I ended up treating out of tank mainly because I wanted to be able to trade and sell frags again but also because of the gradual decline in my corals health. Unfortunately I ended losing almost all of my Acros.
Another thing that has popped up is the possibility of using Camel Shrimp for an out of tank or in sump treatment to reduce the worm burden.......also mentioned in this thread.
Just thought I would relate my experience. Good luck with them. They really are a nightmare.

Chris

 

[Justjoe]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11185097#post11185097 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mcrist
I think it's a little more than just a "coral thumb". :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

He is Photon Man... thats all you need to know...

http://s84.photobucket.com/albums/k25/coralaholic/?action=view&current=PhotonMan.flv

 

[jnarowe]

ROTFLMFAO!! That was too damn funny. I had no idea Sanjay had such a big lamp!

 

[fishdoc11]

That is a big bulb:lol:

 

[Sanjay]

You can see some of my big bulbs here

sanjay.

 

[mrcrab]

ROTFLMAO!!!...Now Those are BIG bulbs! :lol:

 

[hahnmeister]

You need to have another one of those bulbs photoshopped over your head.

 

[jnarowe]

nice one Sanjay!

 

[Justjoe]

I personally like the reflection off the top of each bulb AND Sanjay's head!!!

 

[rEd86]

LOL - those bulbs are as BIG as Sanjay's head.

I have bulb envy...

--Ed

 

[Sanjay]

Ok.. time to get this thread back on track .. here sare some pics that I took while between football games and work.

 

[Leonardo_]

Nice pictures/corals and an inspirational aquascape!

Do you supplement the Giesseman Coral 400 W with some other lighting?

Leonardo

 

[Justjoe]

Hey Sanjay,
Corals look great, so on your next visit to NY besides your normal cache of goodies from:
http://www.creamery.psu.edu/
me thinks a few frags are in order as well, especially the first acro pic (echinata?). We don't have that good an ice cream here, but I can certainly send you home with some frags.
See you in Germany in 4 days. Hope you're going to include your "Got Par" pic in your presentation...

 

[chriscobb]

Any pics of how your overflow was constructed?

 

[TandN]

Hey Sanjay your tank is simply amazing like always couple of questions
1. Is that a tubs true echinata ?
2. the blue one is that ORA's new coral ?
3. Im debating between a SSB vs BB. What do you have in your tank and ow do you maintain it ?

 

[ReefingBuddha]

First of all Sanjay I'll just repeat what everyone else has said... nicely done.

Secondly... Justjoe, what is going on in Germany in the next few days? I'm already over in Europe without much to do and would definitely like to hit up a reef conference in Germany if possible. Please hook me up with some information. Thanks.

 

[Sanjay]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11642012#post11642012 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by chriscobb
Any pics of how your overflow was constructed?

Here is a schematic of the overflow. I wanted it long and continous but they needed to have some support to attach the brace so we broke it down to 2 separate ones, with a gap to allow them to attach the eurobrace.

sanjay.

 

[TandN]

Hey Sanjay your tank is simply amazing like always couple of questions
1. Is that a tubs true echinata ?
2. the blue one is that ORA's new coral ?
3. Im debating between a SSB vs BB. What do you have in your tank and ow do you maintain it ?

 

[Sanjay]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=11645033#post11645033 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by tanya72806
Hey Sanjay your tank is simply amazing like always couple of questions
1. Is that a tubs true echinata ?
2. the blue one is that ORA's new coral ?
3. Im debating between a SSB vs BB. What do you have in your tank and ow do you maintain it ?

That is the ORA echinata, now being sold by ORA as Hawkins Echinata.

I have a shallow sand bed ranging anywhere from 1/4" to 2 inches in some places.

I really don't do any special maintenance, but have much of critters that help take care of it. I have a couple of black sea cucumbers that move a lot of the surface sand, some nassarius snails, serpent stars, and sand dwelling goby. With the strong waterflow in the tank, the surface of the sand get a good amount of water flow.

sanjay.